19 Related Articles, between 2019-08-24 and 2019-08-25

America’s ‘Least Sustainable City’ to choose between rail transit and cars. Phoenix voters will decide whether to allow the city to spend any more money to develop a rail system used by only 1 percent of the metropolitan area’s population, or invest in auto infrastructure instead. >>

Americans lost $143 million in online romance scams last year. That's way more than any other reported fraud. Online romance scammers are busy stealing money and hearts across the United States. >>

Battling Their Way Into the U.S. Open. We followed some of the qualifying matches at the National Tennis Center on Friday, seeing who earned a ticket into the main draw. >>

Blame Economists for the Mess We’re In. Why did America listen to the people who thought we needed “more millionaires and more bankrupts?” >>

Cecilia Bartoli talks, again, of US return. Long-absent mezzo Cecilia Bartoli says “it’s time” to return to United States — but has no firm plans >>

Dozens arrested for alleged mass shooting threats in the weeks following attacks in El Paso and Dayton. Public tips prevented three potential mass shootings in CT, FL & OH. >>

Fraudsters tried to steal more than $40 million in one of the biggest online scam cases in U.S. history. “In some cases, the victims thought they were communicating with U.S. servicemen stationed overseas, when in fact, they were emailing with con men,” a U.S. attorney said. >>

Girl returns rock swiped from Great Smoky Mountains National Forest. Millions of Americans visit national parks each year. This spring, one of them decided to give back -- although it was something she took in the first place. Rangers at Great Smoky Mountains National Forest received a letter from a visitor named Karina, who wrote that "I loved it so much I wanted to have a soiveneir to come home with me, so I took a rock. I'm sorry and I want to return it." The rock has since been returned to the park. Dana Jacobson reports. >>

How to keep student athletes safe during practice. Schools around the US are changing how they deal with the summer heat and athletes practicing outside. CNN's Allison Chinchar and Coy Wire explain how they decide when it's safe. >>

New look at Attorney General William Barr's investigation into the origins of Mueller probe. Insight from former House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte. >>

Nine Ways to Recharge During the U.S. Open Tennis Championship. It can get hot and crowded at the final grand slam of the season, held in Queens. But there are retreat options, both on and off the grounds. >>

Tim Head: Religious freedom is now a foreign policy priority for the US. Here's why it matters. Religious freedom is now a foreign policy priority for the United States. But it is imperative that the U.S. continue to speak to the entire world with one voice. >>

Trump’s wild week of tax ideas continues with new promise if GOP sweeps in 2020. The president said in a tweet that he would pass a “major" middle-class tax cut, the latest in a string of varying tax pledges that he has made in the past week. >>

U.S. Justice Ginsburg treated for pancreatic cancer. The 86-year old justice tolerated the therapy well and no further treatment is required >>